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Lithuania would buy the NASAMS medium-range missile defence systems from the Norwegian government, not directly from the manufacturer Kongsberg, Lithuania's Defence Minister Juozas Olekas says. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
A man performing the initial mandatory military service passed away in a Kaunas hospital on Monday morning.
A second Afghani refugee has made plea for asylum in Lithuania via a youtube video. The country's defence minister says, however, that not all Afghanis who worked with Lithuanian troops deserve to be relocated.
On Saturday, the Lithuanian military announced that it would be preparing alternative dietary menus without meat, fish and dairy products. This decision was made after a survey of more than 1,300 conscripts, 29 of whom expressed an interest in alternative diets.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has urged politicians to refrain from speculating on security issues, following a number of suspected border violations by Russia.
Russia is the biggest threat to Lithuanian security and military aggression is no longer just a hypothetical possibility, according to the updated Military Strategy drafted by Lithuania's Ministry of National Defence.
Liudvikas Jakavičius, a 31-year-old third-generation Lithuanian expatriate from Mexico, shares his experience of military service in the Lithuanian army.
About 67% of the Lithuanian population fully or in part agree on the need to increase defence funding to 2% of the gross domestic product (GDP), shows a poll published by the Ministry of National Defence.
One of the founders of the Lithuanian army has said the Defence Minister, Juozas Olekas’s position that a professional army is sufficient and conscription is not needed is irresponsible in current international conditions.
Jonas Valančiūnas, the Toronto Raptors center beloved by basketball fans both in Lithuania and abroad, made it into the conscription list as part of Lithuania's mandatory military conscription for 2016.
Starting on 1 January, 2016, a new motorized infantry brigade named Žemaitija will be formed in Western Lithuania.
Last week, it was officially confirmed that Lithuania will buy Javelin mid-range anti-tank systems from the United States for €50 million. The T-72 tank, widely used by Russian army and also used in Ukraine, is like a tin can when faced with a Javelin. More about the Lithuanian military's new purcha...
A week after Gediminas Grina, the former chief of Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD) compared the country’s ethnic minority schools to “education ghettos” and called for their removal, Klaipeda’s Russian school teachers are still upset about his comments.
Ambassador of Finland, Mr Harri Mäki-Reinikka, is convinced that the Finnish Patria, as the market leader among 8X8 armoured wheeled vehicles, is the most suitable option for Lithuania.
While on a formal visit in the United States, Lithuania's Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas met with US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter on 17 November in Washington, Lithuania's Ministry of National Defence reports.
Vilnius County Court found former employee of state enterprise Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation) Romualdas Lipskis guilty of espionage.
In 2015, people more actively donated to the Lithuanian army by transferring 2 percent of their personal income tax. The number of such contributions has increased seven times.
On October 21 at a session of the Land Combat Vehicles (LCV) Support Partnership of the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) in Luxembourg, Lithuania joined the PzH2000 self-propelled 155mm howitzer user project by a unanimous agreement of Croatia, Italy, Germany, Greece, and the Netherlands -...
